
Liza Donnelly in The New Yorker

Tinker Street
Woodstock, New York
I couldn’t agree more with Penn’s analysis of this ancient magic plot–and how magician Daniel K. improved it immensely. A lot of fun.
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Robert Leighton in The New Yorker

Robert Leighton in The New Yorker
The two funniest late night talk show guests on television visit Jimmy Fallon to offer some soothing compliments.
Thanks to YouTuber The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Wherein Pythons Eric Idle and Michael Palin speak of that great playwright, Mallawi Rapessheake.
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Robin Williams’ first appearance on Johnny Carson has to be one of the great leaps into space of improvisitory comedy ever. Carson, to his credit, lets Williams run and run and run with the ball.
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More Lynda Barry at https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry
The Great Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose outwit Boris and Natasha. An oasis of comedy in 1960s television cartoons.
Thanks to YouTuber Daniel Lawrence

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You may remember the last beer can sculpture, and how I wasn’t sure what it was (I was thrown by the six pointed Star of David at the top). Well since this beer can menorah has now shown up right next to it, it seems clear that the other sculpture must have been, indeed, a Christmas tree. Though, frankly, if you drink this much beer, you’re likely to see anything or maybe nothing at all.